Nanotechnology involves shrinking down objects so they can perform mechanical, electrical,

or chemical processes at a much smaller scale. In the same way this can be done on websites,
these small-scale operations can revolutionize our world because there are many problems
that can be solved with miniaturization.
How Big Are Nanoparticles?

Nanotechnology can reduce complicated scanning equipment and diagnostics devices so that
they can fit under our skin. This allows machines; in particular micro-machines, to replace
organs, limbs, and other body parts that have died, got injured, or worn out. From your eyes
to your liver to your heart, all major organs can benefit from nanotechnologys ability to
miniaturize diagnostic and operational elements. This will allow doctors to quickly scan and
read a patients situation.
How nanotechnology can reduce co2 emissions.
The major impact of nanotechnology on the energy sector is likely to improve the
efficiency of current technologies to minimize use of fossil fuels. Any effort to reduce
emissions in vehicles by reducing their weight and, in turn, decreasing fuel
consumption. The removal of just a 350 gram phone handset on an Airbus A380
resulted in jet fuel savings of 3.5 tons in a year.
Nanotechnology is already applied to improve fuel efficiency by incorporation of
nanocatalysts. Enercat, a third generation nanocatalyst developed by Energenics, uses
the oxygen storing cerium oxide nanoparticles to promote
complete fuel combustion, which helps in reducing fuel
consumption

Reducing friction and improving wear resistance in

engine and drive train components is of vital importance
in the automotive sector. Based on the estimates made by
a Swedish company reducing friction can result in cutting
down CO2 emissions by 500 million tons per year from
trucks and other heavy vehicles in Sweden alone.

Nanotechnology may accelerate the technology

behind renewables in various ways:
1. Experts are discovering means to apply nanotechnology to photovoltaics, which would

produce solar panels with

double or triple the output
by 2020;
2.
Lighter wind turbines
stand to be improved from
high-performance
nanomaterials like graphene, a
nano-engineered one-atom
thick layer of mineral
graphite that is 100 times stronger than steel. Nanotechnology will enable light and
stiff wind blades that spin at lower wind speeds .
3. Nanotechnology could
play a major role in the
next generation of
batteries. Coating the
surface of an electrode
with nanoparticles
increases the surface
area, thereby allowing
more current to flow
between the electrode
and the chemicals inside
the battery. Such
techniques could
increase the efficiency
of electric and hybrid
vehicles by significantly
reducing the weight of
the batteries.